How Old Is Marge Champion? Marge Champion Birthday
Marge Champion was born on September 2, 1919 and is 104 years old now.
Birthday: September 2, 1919
How Old - Age: 104
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Marge Champion's sister :
Marge Champion's sister, Lina Basquette, died on September 30, 1994 as he was 87 years old. His cause of death was lymphoma.
Marge Champion - Biography
Marge Champion, née Marjorie Celeste Belcher (born September 2, 1919), is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. At a young age she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a TV show based on song and dance. She has also done creative choreography for liturgy, and served as a dialogue and movement coach for the 1978 TV miniseries, The Awakening Land, set in the late 18th century in the Ohio Valley.
In 1937, Marge Belcher married Art Babbitt (1907–1992), a top animator at Disney and creator of Goofy. They divorced in 1940. In 1947, she married dancer Gower Champion (1919–1980). They had two sons, Blake and actor Gregg Champion. They divorced in January 1973.
In 1977, she married director Boris Sagal. Sagal was killed on May 22, 1981, in an accident during the production of the miniseries World War III. She become stepmother to Boris' five children, who include Katey, Jean, Liz, and Joey.
She appeared in several stage musicals and plays on Broadway as a performer. She also worked as a choreographer or Assistant, including Lend an Ear in 1948 as Assistant to the Choreographer; Make a Wish in 1951, as Assistant to Gower Champion; Hello, Dolly! in 1964 as Special Assistant; and Stepping Out (1987) as Choreographic Associate. In 2001, she appeared as Emily Whitman in the Broadway stage revival of Follies.
